Approaches to Professional Development Schools

In this chapter, we build on the discussion of the history, trends, and
issues of the PDS effort described in Chapter 1 (Rutter, 2011) while
examining the approaches for PDS implementation set forth by organizations
that have had a major influence on PDS development.

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Jane NeapolitanTowson UniversityE-mail AuthorJANE E. NEAPOLITAN is professor and chair of the Department of
Instructional Leadership & Professional Development at Towson
University, where she has served as chair of the Institute for PDS Studies.
Her scholarly work focuses on issues concerning the quality and sustainability
of the research and evaluation of the PDS effort.

Marsha LevineNational Council for Accreditation of Teacher EducationE-mail AuthorMARSHA LEVINE does research and development focused at the nexus
of school reform and teacher education. Most recently, as a senior consultant
to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education,
she directed the work of the Blue Ribbon Panel, which produced the
influential report, Transforming Teacher Education Through Clinical Practice:
A National Strategy to Prepare Effective Teachers (2010). Prior to that, she led
the development of the NCATE PDS standards. Her publications include
Professional Practice Schools: Linking Teacher Education and School Reform and
Making Professional Development Schools Work: Politics, Practice, and Policy,
both published by Teachers College Press.